Weaving Study Group

Last night was the first meeting of the new weaving study group being formed by my local fiber guild.  There were seven of us plus the teacher.  I really enjoyed our first class (focused on understanding sett), and now want a floor loom more than ever, but I just don't know where I would put it!  The teacher had 3 of her own looms and two guild looms.  After all the weaving reading and research I've done it was great to see and touch floor looms for the first time.

The down side is there will be a number of projects planned for the year long class that I will not be able to do on my rigid heddle loom.  I can use the guild looms for practice though, and even if I can't weave the projects myself I will enjoy learning the process and seeing what others have done.  Our first class project will focus on how color and texture affect weaving (look for pictures to come).

I have also warped my loom for weaving napkins with the 2-ply hemp I spun.




As you see I have 2 heddles setup. Since I thought bamboo and hemp napkins would be nice, my warp is Aunt Lydia's Bamboo Crochet Thread that I've warped at 16 epi using two 8 dent heddles. I'll be using my handspun as the weft. My plan is to weave 4 tabby napkins. This was my first time warping 2 heddles and it was really easy. I used the figure from Sara Lamb's book (Woven Treasures) as my guide and I didn't have any problems.